Two more acts of sabotage evidently carried out by members of El Fatan, the recently organized Arab terrorist gang, were committed in Israel early yesterday and Sunday night, an Israeli army spokesman announced here today, after the Government filed complaints implicating Jordan with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.
Both outrages occurred close to the Jordanian border, and Israel has charged that the El Fatah members operate from a base or bases in Jordan. UN observers were investigating the two incidents today, and a meeting is scheduled to be held on the Israeli complaint by the Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission.
One of the actions took place along the railroad running within 200 yards of the Jordanian border, just outside Jerusalem. A dynamite charge detonated by an electric connection went off under the engine of a freight train climbing a steep slope between Beitir and Beit Safafa. Israel believes that the intention was to derail the train. However, only slight damage was caused to one of the cars, and the train continued its Journey after a short stop to inspect the damage. No one was injured in the blast.
In the earlier action, two time bombs damaged a fire watchtower in the Jewish National Fund forest near Beit Govrin. Two small holes were blown in the tower, which was unoccupied. Israeli military observers found tracks of three men leading from the tower to the Jordanian border, about six miles away.
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